Vehicle seat assembly with improved front panel

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1992-11-19

1994-12-20

Bradley, P. Austin

Chairs and seats

Crash seat

Bottom and back movable as unit in response to force

280753, 297481, 29742331, B60N 242

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053741056

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat assembly having a front panel that is deployable to a forwardly extending position to support a vehicle occupant who has moved forward off the seat cushion during a frontal impact collision. Improvements to the panel deployment mechanism are shown including an electronically activated latch release to deploy the panel upon a predetermined deceleration measured by an accelerometer mounted to the seat assembly or elsewhere on a motor vehicle.

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patent: 4225178 (1980-09-01), Takada
patent: 4951963 (1990-08-01), Behr
patent: 5131681 (1992-07-01), Wetzel
patent: 5149165 (1992-09-01), Woolley
patent: 5294175 (1994-03-01), Elton

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